HOTEL CRISTOFORO COLOMBO

I spent 3 nights in this hotel. It is a tourist high volume hotel. Not good for business trip There is no restaurant even if a major Mall is closed by As usual breakfast is not very good and the have juices not fresh so impossible to drink. The personnel is polite. There are wide restructuring work going on in this period that create noise and difficulties to move across the different buildings part of the hotel

SEE PHOTOS ATTACHED ! Please. First photo: Dinner in the restaurant. Unwelcoming and rude staff, can speak English but choose not to. Had to go find someone to take our order, he looked at me like I had asked if I could spit in his face. A few moments later an elderly man emerged from the kitchen in a three piece suit (out of place in this dive) and took our order, as the original waiter I approached was obviously too busy not clearing tables. The prices are extortionate, and much more expensive than in the centre of Rome overlooking the Pantheon... didn’t we just feel like mugs when we realised! My boss ordered the €18 chicken which came out looking like they had fished it out the kitchen bin; two small slithers, no seasoning, no garnish, no flavour, no hope. I am vegetarian, there was one option available... mozzarella and tomato salad which I couldn’t eat because... well look at the picture, the mozzarella was disintegrating before my eyes. I tried to cover the taste with balsamic vinegar but to no avail. I had a bueno chocolate bar from the vending machine for dinner. We vowed never to eat there again. Breakfast is no better and is included so you’ve paid for this already, you lucky thing you...stale bread available and... wait for it... rice. No fresh orange, fresh fruit or nice coffee (In Italy'!' I’ve had much better coffees in petrol stations here!') Same miserable waiters.... especially the man that looks like one of the three musketeers, he is to be avoided like the plague ok. Don’t let him ruin your morning/evening/life Moving on, trying to keep this brief but I’m passionate about making sure no one stays here.... Second photo: Is the front of the hotel. Classy stuff, they take pride in the appearance of the hotel as you can see. So nice when you arrive from the airport and your face is like....😧 Third photo: The tropical smoking area, lots of wildlife and palm trees and loveliness... oh sorry no it’s a construction site silly me Fourth photo: Hotel grounds. More views of construction and noises to go with it... drilling and banging and it wasn’t the next door neighbours making love which I’d of preferred over this Final photo: The spectacular views from the bedroom window, so special. Four stars' Out of twenty fine but out of five ..... who are you kidding' Don’t bother to complain. People come, people cry, people leave.. they get their money regardless. They reply to most negative reviews with “Thanks for your helpful and wonderful review of our lovely hotel. We hope you come again” well someone either can’t read or doesn’t care Even if this review only saves one person I’ll be happy. Ciao

Situated between a shopping mall and a petrol station and located in heart of business district EUR which is miles from the centre of Rome taking over an hour by coach and not practical to return to city centre for an evening meal after a day's sightseeing. Only saving grace was clean room and comfortable bed. This hotel is used by the masses of coach tour operators resulting in comings and goings at all hours outside bedroom windows. Evening meal was extremely poor and breakfast was no better - there was no fruit on offer at breakfast. Staff seemed unable to cope with number of people staying. Booked as part of a package so do not know if the price was cheap.

The rooms are small but very adaptable. Make sure you bring an European adaptable plug for all of your devices. No microwave , and No Iron. Most of TV stations are in Italian, just News station are in English. They were doing construction on th e property at the time we stayed. They are right next door to the Mall.

Went there last month!! Firstly hotel receptionists were excessively rude!! No hospitality at all!!! Breakfast staff arrogant rude unmannered!!! Getting angry for no reason!!looked like they fed up with their jobs!! On the second day there was no hot water and there was no recompensation but instead made us move just for the bathrooms from one building to another!!! Instead of changing directly our rooms!!! Pool was shut!! The only staff well worth were the cleaning department as the rooms bed were clean!!! I would just advise them that you'll can be in the best category if only your staff could be more hospitable!!! Pls Remind them that!!! That's the main duty of working in a hotel!! LEARN TO SMILE!!!! The lady at bfast time with the high bun deserves a SLAP!!! If u don't care for the staff then rooms were clean tidy and comfortable! Breakfast food was poor to be a 4 star!!!! Not much variety for vegetarians!! When asked for more cheese they denied!!! NO Fruits!!!